People in the Green Revolution

People of the Green Revolution provides a list and description of the people who were important figures in the Green Revolution.

U.S. Government

 * Josephus Daniels: U.S. Ambassador to Mexico in the 1930's. Likely relayed the Rockefeller Foundation's interest in an agricultural project in Mexico to Henry A. Wallace in 1940.
 * Nelson Rockefeller:
 * Henry A. Wallace: Vice President of the United States from 1941-1944. Suggested that the Rockefeller Foundation undertake a project to increase agricultural productivity in Mexico in 1941.

Mexican Government

 * Manuel Avila Camacho: President of Mexico, 1940-1946, who wanted to industrialize Mexican agriculture.

Rockefeller Foundation

 * Chester I. Barnard: President of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1948 until 1952.
 * Richard Bradfield: Advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation, head of the department of Agronomy at Cornell.
 * Norman E. Borlaug: A plant pathologist and plant breeder, who worked on wheat breeding in Mexico.
 * John S. Dickey: A Rockefeller Foundation trustee.
 * John A. Ferrell: The first person to propose what ultimately became the Green Revolution.
 * Raymond B. Fosdick: Rockefeller Foundation president at the start of the Green Revolution
 * J. George Harrar: The director of the Mexican Agricultural Program and later President of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1961 until 1972.
 * Albert R. Mann: Former Dean of Agriculture at Cornell University, director of Rockefeller Foundation agriculture program in China prior to the Green Revolution.
 * Paul C. Mangelsdorf: Advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation.
 * Dean Rusk: President of the Rockefeller Foundation 1952 to 1961.
 * Elvin C. Stakman: Advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation and plant pathologist at University of Minnesota.
 * Warren Weaver: A mathematician who headed up Rockefeller Foundation's Division of Natural Sciences
 * Edwin J. Wellhausen: A maize geneticist who worked on maize breeding in Mexico.

Ford Foundation

 * Douglas Ensminger: Project director of the Ford Foundation's efforts to train personnel for the Community Development Project in India.

Other Figures

 * Wilbur Hugh "Ping" Ferry: coined the term "Green Revolution."

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * Mexican Agricultural Program
 * Green Revolution